Eurasia

The Ergneti village on the Georgian-Ossetian administrative border will today host a regular meeting under the mechanism to prevent and respond to border incidents today. The representatives of South Ossetia, Georgia, Russia, the OSCE and the EU will attend.

Curtea Constituţională din Republica Moldova a admis solicitarea PCRM privind renumărarea voturilor exprimate în scrutinul legislativ din 28 noiembrie, prin urmare, Comisia Electorală Centrală urmează să renumere voturile. Cererea PCRM a fost admisă din cauza incompatibilităţilor dintre datele înscrise în procesele verbale primite de la birourile electorale şi documentele postate …

The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has condemned a statement by the Romanian president, in which he vowed to make Moldova part of his country within 25 years. One of Ukraine’s top Foreign Ministry officials, Oleg Voloshin, says this will “only destabilize

The UN war crimes tribunal Wednesday (December 8th) cut the sentence of Veselin Sljivancanin, a former senior officer in the Yugoslav People’s Army (JNA), from 17 to ten years in prison. He was found guilty of

Slovenian Prime Minister Borut Pahor inaugurated his country’s new embassy in Tirana on Wednesday (December 8th), saying he hopes it will further strengthen bilateral ties. Pahor confirmed that Slovenia will provide financial support to help Albania address devastating floods. During the embassy ceremony, Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha said Tirana …

Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić said on Wednesday that Serbia has been ready for dialogue with Priština “for weeks”. He expressed hope that once the election process in Kosovo is over, the conditions will be secured in Priština too for the start of the dialogue.

EU finance ministers are ready to look favourably to extending the repayment period for Greece’s 110-billion-euro bailout, Economics Affairs Commissioner Olli Rehn said on Thursday.

A former foreign minister of Greece on Wednesday urged Turkey to exert its influence over Turkish Cyprus to spur its leadership into a more yielding stance in peace talks to reunify the long-divided island. Dora Bakoyannis, who served as Greek minister of foreign affairs from 2006-2009 and is now the …

France is refusing to start quarrels, weakening Europe’s capacity to control its migration flows, the French European Affairs Minister, Laurent Wauquiez, said, pointing out that Bulgaria and Romania are not ready to enter the Schengen zone.

The leaders of the PLDM, PDM and PL Wednesday said that the discussion they had was constructive and centered on the principles on the basis of which a democratic government would be established for four years. After the trilateral meeting, the Liberal leader Mihai Ghimpu said they considered the possibility …